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Signed on the back of mount. 
The accompanying provenance paper is also signed and carries the studio stamp.
Print size 25 x 20cm with mount 40x30cm
Extremely fine condition
Silver gelatin print toned with palladium
Made from large format (5x4") Polaroid negative
The paper has a fine stipple surface with slight sheen
On aluminium mount faced with a 100% rag paper
In clear mylar museum quality protective sleeve.

Note - rather than produce an edition Matthew Houston makes silver prints individually by hand. Each is unique and given a 'version' number.

Shipped flat with rigid protection by registered mail. 

Not dated however other examples and interviews show these Polaroids and silver prints were started in the 1990s and continued into the early 2000s. 

The Polaroid material used for these photographs is the paper based first generation Polaroid known as 'peel-apart' Polaroid and available in 10x8", 5x4" and 3x4" format until the early 2000s when it was discontinued. Some of these Polaroid types also gave a negative.  Not to be confused with the 'integral' material now being manufactured by Polaroid Originals.

Matthew Houston (London 1961) best known for the Catalogue of Chaos series - an in depth exploration of the materials and processes of photography.

From a series begun in the late 1990s. The studio, a sailing ship from 1920 moored in London, England, also served as a venue for regular theatre and cabaret evenings. 

"The little stage I built was part of the studio and I began to make photographs of performers, friends, actors and models. Using Polaroid film gave the material a chance to be part of the picture as well. Polaroid is known for all kinds of quirks and accidents that are a reminder of process. As with other photographs I've made I feel it important that material and process are still included, still evident.”*
*From interview - Saatch Art

An excerpt from an exhibition review I discovered - BIP off, Liege - by Philippe Herbert
"Parcours atypique : ancien propriétaire d’un cabaret, il photographie depuis l’âge de 7 ans mais il a commencé cette série à 38 ans. Sur une scène improvisée, il photographie au Polaroïd grand format des femmes dénudées avec beaucoup de tendresse. Il renouvelle le genre du nu."

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Matthew Houston (1961) - Sarah 

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